New Perspectives on the European Bildungsroman

AvGiovanna Summerfield,Lisa Downward

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

2 258 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Häftad

607 kr

Beskrivning

New Perspectives on the European Bildungsro man reflects the change in direction of research on the Bildungsroman, focusing on more psychological, authorial and feminist contents. Departing from the father of the archetype of the genre, Goethe, the authors trace imperative pathways to its French, British, and Italian counterparts, examining spiritual and female Bildungsromane. A wide-ranging analysis provides fresh insights into the genre through comparative analyses of Bildungsromane both diatopically and diachronically, while critical analysis of novels such as Voltaire's Candide, Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre, Bernardin de Saint Pierre's Paul et Virginie, Collodi's Pinocchio, Aleramo's Una donna present new readings of the characters, plots and purposes of the most famous European novels.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-12-13
Mått:156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:9780826434302

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Giovanna Summerfield is Associate Professor of Italian and French at Auburn University, USA. Lisa Downward is Assistant Professor of Italian at Marist College, New York, USA.

Recensioner i media

"An essential book that re-orients thinking about a vexed literary genre, bringing out the Masonic background of the Bildungsroman and convincingly presenting the important contribution of women on its variable spectrum."

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Concept of "Bildung"; Part I: Spirituality; 1. Mastery and Apprenticeship(s)-Departing from Goethe's Turm; 2. The British Master: Defoe and Dickens:; 3. The French Fellow Craft: From Voltaire to Stendhal; 4. The Italian Apprentice: Foscolo and Collodi; 5. From Bildungsroman to Bildungsreise; Part II: Gender; 6. The Dissolution of Gendered Plots: Wilhelm Meister and the Beautiful Soul; 7. Female Developments in the 19th Century: Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Neera's Teresa, Lydia and L'indomani; 8. Female Developments in the 20th Century: Sibilla Aleramo's Una donna, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, Francesca Sanvitale's Madre e figlia and Susanna Tamaro's Va' dove ti porta il cuore; 9. The Bildungsroman as Spectrum; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.